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August 2008- Vol 4, Issue 3
In This Issue
Things You Ought To Know
CDC Needs You!
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Greetings!
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Supplemental Things You Ought to Know!
National Association of County and City Health Officials
 
August 7, 2008

Internet-Based HIV/STI Prevention Interventions for Adolescents
 
Live Webcast
 
Thursday, August 21, 2008
3:00-4:30 p.m. EDT

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) invites you to participate in the Internet-Based HIV/STI Prevention Interventions for Adolescents live webcast and discussion on Thursday, August 21, 2008 from 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT.

This 90-minute webcast will provide an overview of will provide participants with background information about adolescent internet use as well as strategies for how local health departments can leverage the power of the internet to target adolescents for HIV/STI prevention.
 
Featured Speakers
 
Rachel Kachur, MPH
Behavioral Scientist
Division of STD Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 
Dan Wohlfeiler, MJ, MPH 
Chief, Office of Policy and Communications 
STD Control Branch
California Department of Public Health
 
Cornelis Rietmeijer, MD, PhD 
Director, STD Control Program
 Denver Public Health Department
 
 
REGISTER NOW!
 
For more information about the NACCHO HIV/STI Prevention webcast series, click here.
CDC Job Opening!
Friends -

CDC's Division of Reproductive Health (in which our team in housed) is searching for a Director. Please have a look at this announcement (link below) and share with any one who might be interested, qualified and good to have in such a position.

OPEN PERIOD: Thursday, August 07, 2008 to Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Link to the Job Opening

Carla Poindexter White, MPH
Health Education Specialist
Applied Sciences Branch · CDC/DRH · 4770 Buford Hwy, Mail Stop K-22
2900 Woodcock Blvd. · Koger Ctr. Columbia Bldg., Room 1046 · Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-6102 · Fax: 770-488-6291
carlawhite@cdc.gov
Last But Not Least
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